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Sex Roles and Psychopathology by Cathy S. Widom (1984, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100306414066
ISBN-139780306414060
eBay Product ID (ePID)88046
Product Key Features
Book TitleSex Roles and Psychopathology
Publication Year1984
TopicPsychopathology / General
Number of Pages390 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenrePsychology
AuthorCathy S. Widom
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN83-024774
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal616.89
SynopsisPsychopathology is the science of deviant behavior. However, as psy chopathologists, our explanations of deviant behavior are not developed in a sterile, laboratory environment. Abnormality is a relative concept, and the labeling of someone or some behavior as abnormal is inextrica bly linked to a particular social context. In the United States, for exam ple, a woman reporting vivid hallucinations is likely to be committed to a mental hospital and the behavior considered maladaptive. In other cultures, the same behavior may be interpreted as reflecting magical, healing powers, and the woman honored and revered. An explicit assumption underlying this book is that elements of social causality influence the development and maintenance of psycho pathology. While the chapters emphasize environmental influences, this is not intended to negate the importance of physiological, biological, genetic, or hormonal factors in relation to psychopathology. The purpose of this book is to examine the impact of sex role ster eotypes on the occurrence and distribution of specific forms of psycho pathology. In contrast to prior work, which emphasizes sex differences (e.g., Franks and Gomberg's Gender and Disordered Behavior) these are not the primary focus of this volume. Sex Roles and Psychopathology analyzes the extent to which cultural norms about the sexes, societal expectations and values about sex-typed behavior and sex differences, and profes sional biases influence the development, manifestation, and mainte nance of abnormal behavior among men and women."
LC Classification NumberRC455.4.S45
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